Sironj
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- Locality
- Sironj
- Region
- Madhya Pradesh
- Country
- India
- Population
- 52,460
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sironj
- Settlement.native_name
- Sengar Raj
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Madhya Pradesh
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Madhya Pradesh
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vidisha
- Settlement.founder
- Shankar Singh Sengar in 1103 A.D.
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 464
- Settlement.population_total
- 52,460
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011-03-01
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Vidisha district
- Elevation
- 464
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 7591
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- postal code
- 464228
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- Sironj assembly
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Sironj is a town and a municipality in Vidisha district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Its also a Tehsil Headquarter.
==History== Sironj was previously known as Sengar Raj.It was founded by Sengar Rajput warrior Shankar Singh in 1103 A.D. Due to ruling dynasty it was called Sengar Raj later name corrupted to become Sironj. Shankar Singh Sengar with his 2 brothers established Sengar Raj in Malwa. Shankar Singh founded Basilgarh fort in Sironj. Other two brothers Girdhar Singh founded Girdharpur Village constructed Kokangarh fort and Rana Singh founded Ranapur Village constructed kokangarh fort. Remnants of these forts can be still found nearby Sironj and Lateri.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sironj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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